Brian M. Wiprud

"Fly fishing, exotic cocktails, drug lords, damsels, swordfights, murder and redemption -- Linsenbigler provides them all and more in an entertaining, picaresque romp of a read about a witty bon vivant who becomes a reluctant and endearing action hero. Here's a toast to the fabulous and charming Boone Linsenbigler. I can't wait for his next adventure " -John Lescroart, New York Times Bestselling Author With a preface by C.J. Box

Nicholas Palihnic is a natty, tweed-suited hustler who knows every nook and cranny of New York-and a thousand ways to break a girl's heart. Beatrice Belarus is a Manhattan art dealer with an insatiable appetite for money-and for anyone who gets in her way. And a painting titled Trampoline Nude, 1972 has neither nudity nor a trampoline. But when Nicholas is hired by an insurance company to find the recently stolen painting, a murdered art thief points him to a trove of gold buried beneath Manhattan-and suddenly all roads are leading back to Beatrice. As fortune hunters, lovers, and other strangers gather around him, there's one thing Nicholas must remember above all else: in this business, it's better to be crooked than dead....

American cocktail luminary Boone Linsenbigler steps forth from his novels to deliver a guide for the novice home bartender, a practical compendium on what to buy and how to get started. But just as importantly, Boone dispels many misconceptions and conceits of making cocktails, putting his own twist (as it were) on what's important in cocktailing and what's not. The guide contains over forty recipes for classic, tiki and original cocktails, and many practical "pro tips" that are sure to inspire home tipplers to up their game.

Our jinxed and raffish Boone Linsenbigler has his liquor pitchman's contract sold to an African beverage conglomerate. He finds himself a citizen of an island monarchy, and discovers that he is targeted for ascendancy to the throne whether he likes it or not. Hot on the heels of the first novels LINSENBIGLER and LINSENBIGLER THE BEAR, our unsinkable angler & cocktailer once more must thrust and parry with dark forces and darker purposes.